Apparatus for manufacturing ice.



J. F. ROGERS. APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ICE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 30, 1908.

Patentedv Apr. 12, 1910.

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J. I. ROGERS.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING IUE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 30, 1908.

Patented Apr. 12,1910.

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i citizen of the, United States,

UNITED -STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUDSON F. ROGERSfOF HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI.

APPABAT-USiFOR MANUFACTURING ICE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

i Application filed December 30, 1908. Serial No. 469,974.

To all 'whom it may concern:

13e it known that I, JUDsoN F. ROGERS, a residing at Harrisonville, in the county of Cass and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Ice, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the manufacture of ice by natural cold, and oneof my objects is to produce aY simple apparatus whereby lice can be produced 1n cakes of any deslred size during freezing weather.

A further object is to arrange the congealing-tanks of the apparatus in such man-v ner that the cakes of ice can be quickly removed therefrom.

IVith these and other vobjects in view, the invention may be said to consist in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and

' pointed out in the claims appended hereto, it

- perspective'viewof the apparatus 1n an `operative position. *Fig 2- 1s a side elevation of the same partly in section. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line III--III of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention, I employA a pluralityof congealing-tanks 1, constructed preferably of galvanized sheet-iron, and comprisingbottom portions 2, chambered side walls 3, and hinged doors 4 for closing the ends of said tanks. The chambers of Walls 3 are open'the entire length of their bottomrportions for` theA admission of the outer atmosphere. Walls 3 are strengthened at theirupper curved porti-ons by tubular reinforcements 5, and are supported by standards 6 resting upon the bottom portions of a convertible chamber 7, and secured at their upper ends to the reinforcements 5..

Reinforcements 5 are open at their ends for communication with the chambers in walls 3, so that the cold air in said chambers may circulate freely through the reinforcements'. Valls 3 are further reinforced at their ends with angle-irons 8, which also reinforce the bottoms 2 of the congealing tanks, and form part of the frame of the convertible chamybrief description of its ber 7, which is inclosed by the bottoms 2 of the congealing-tanks, end walls 9, a bottom wall 10, and hinged doors 11. Doors 4 of the congealing-tanks are secured by hinges 12 to the angle-irons 8 andl extend slightly above the chambered walls l so that during the operation of filling the tanks, water may flow from one to the other in case one or more become lilled before their companions. Doors 4 are locked in a closed position by clamps comprising links 13, pivotally secured to clips 14 on the tops of walls 3, and cam-levers 15 swiveled upon the links, each of said cam-levers being of suilicient width to engage two doors, as shown in Fig. 1, to avoid the necessity of providing two pairs of clamps for each door.

The camends of walls 3 to prevent the water in the tanks from leakingtherefrom. I also take the additional precaution of inserting sheetsv of felt or heavy paper 16 between the doors and the walls, which not only prevent leakage from the tanks, but also prevent the ice from freezing to the doors and thus rendering it diiiicult to lower the same preparatory to removing the cakes of ice from the congealing-tanks.

Water is supplied to thecongealing-tanks througha supply-pipe 17 provided with a valve 18, and a serles of nozzles 19, through which latter the water is discharged into the tanks, a pair of said nozzles being preferably arranged above each tank, as shown in Fig. 2. Pipe 17 is supported by a pair of standards 20, resting upon the ends of the congealing-tanks. i

Doors 11 of the convertible chamber 7 are secured to the angle-irons 8 by hinges 21 and have notches 22 at their ends for the reception of turn-buttons 23, pivotally mounted on the vertical ends of the angleirons 8 for the purpose of locking doors 11 in af closed position.

24 desi ates a steam su l i e leadin to one ennof chamber 7, aiild ntiided witigi a valve 25, and 26 designates an exhaustpipe leading from the opposite end of said chamber.

Having described the construction of the apparatus, I will now proceed to give a operation: Doors 4 are firmly locked in a closed position by the cam-levers 15. Valve 18 is then opened so that water may flow through pipe 17 and the nozzles 19 into the congealing-tanks,

l which are filled to the desired depth after which the valve 18 is closed. Doors 11 are -then opened so that cold air may enter the.

convertible chamber 7, and pass upward 4 into the hollow walls 3, inv order to insure yan even temperature around the water in the tanks.v After the water has become frozen into cakes, doors 11 are closed and steam or some other suitable heating agent is admitted throu h pipe 24 into' chamber 7 for'the purpose o loosening the cakes from the sides and bottoms of thecongealingtanks. lDoors 4 are then. opened so that the cakes'of ice can be readily slid out through 15 ing-,tanks comprising bottom portions, chambered, side walls, the bottom portions of thejfchambers being open their entire length, hin ed doors for closing the ends of the congea ing-tanks and the ends of the chambers in the side Walls, and a converti- ,lelchamber beneath the tanks communicatg with the chambers in the side walls.

An apparatus of the character described, consisting of one or more congealing-,tanks comprising bottom portions, side walls, and hingedudoors for closing the ends V,of said tanks, said doors extending above theftops of the 'side walls; and means on the tops' of the side Walls for locking said doors mia closed position and forcing them tightly against the ends of the side walls. 3. An apparatus of the character described,` consisting of one or more congealingftanks comprising bottom portions,

. t ing-tanks 1. An apparatus of the character le--I f ribed, consisting-of one or more congeal-` chamber communicating chambered sidewalls, the bottom portions of the chambers being open their entire th, hinged doors for closing the ends of sai tanks, and walls and doors beneath the tanks, forming a convertible chamber communicating with the chambers in the side walls.

4. An apparatus .of the character de'- scribed, consisting of one oi'igmore congealing-tanks comprising bottom portions, chambered side walls, hinged doors for closing the ends of said tanks, a valve-controlled water supply-pipe extending immediately over the tanks to supply the same with water, and means on-the apparatus for supporting said supply-p iple.

5. An apparatus vof t e.. character described, consisting of Ione or more congealcomprisin `bottom portions, chambered side Walls t e bottom portions of the chambers being open their entirel length, tubular reinforoementsin the 4upper portions of the side Walls, open at their ends and'communicating with thev chambers in said side walls and hinged doors for closing the ends of said tanks; walls and doors beneath the tanks forming a convertible with the chambers in the side walls, stan ardsresting on the bottom ofthe chamber and secured to the' reinforcements in the' gvhambered walls, means for d ischargi a heatingjagent into said convertible cham er, and means for exhausting the heating agent from Vsaid* cham,

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In testimony whereof I aiix my signature, inthe presence of vtwo Witnesses. JUDSON F. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. WILSON, Knn F. ROGERS.. 

